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Show ROOSEVELT MY BE AWITMESS WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Former President Rooscxelt as a witness In the Ray case, was one of the possibilities possi-bilities developed today In the investigation in-vestigation which the house committee commit-tee on expenditures in tho war department de-partment is making Into the charges against Beecher B. Ray, an army paymaster. pay-master. The committee already has decided to subpoenne Charles P. Taft, of Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, a brother of President TafL "I favor calling Theodoro Rooso-volt, Rooso-volt, nnd everyone who has had anything any-thing to do with the retontlon of Major Ray in the army," Representative Represen-tative DIffenderfor ol Pennsylvania, a member of tho coramjttoc, said. "Wo ought to know if Mr. Roose velt used the same tactics In this case that ho did In fomenting tho Panama revolution. The Ray case has developed, since tho committee began to delvo into It, a series of circumstances that should bo investigated investi-gated to the bottom. The committee Intends to go to tho ory top, whether It bo the chief of staff or tho president presi-dent of tho United States. The majority ma-jority of tho committee aro with me In this" Tho Bubpoenae for Charles P. Taft and the suggestion that Colonol Roosevelt might bo called aro ae. quonces of tho chargo that Major Ray was active In politics at the convention conven-tion which nominated Mr TafL President Pres-ident Roosevelt was closing his torm when Major Ray wos ordered .from the Philippines to, Chicago, 1 Tho only subpocnaes 'Issued ' today was for General Taskcr If. Bliss, now at Fort Totten, N. YT General BUs wac at the war department several years ago when charges wcro mado against Major Ray |